The head of Venezuela's National Electoral Council(CNE), Tibisay Lucena, speaks during a press conference in Caracas on August 1, 2016. (AFP)
These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:
- Press TV exclusive. Our correspondent Mohamad Ali takes us to Syria's Aleppo where the army is fighting foreign-backed militants to liberate the whole city.
- China holds live-fire military drills off the South China Sea amid a long-standing territorial dispute in the region.
- The French interior minister acknowledges an intensifying crackdown on Muslims following the recent terror attacks in the country.
- German national airline, Lufthansa, sees its net profits lower in the wake of the recent terror attacks in the country.
- Venezuela’s opposition is tightening the noose around the government for a recall referendum aimed at ousting president Maduro.
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